the Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol m32 is the newest smallest lightest and
cheapest of all Native Instruments keyboards it's got some great features
that other keyboards have but there's one thing that makes this keyboard stand
out from the rest
the first and most important thing I need to cover is the size this keyboard
is 19 inches by 6 and 1/2 inches by 2 inches
it weighs 2.2 seven pounds so finally we have a keyboard by Native Instruments
that fits in your backpack well maybe a bigger backpack check out the size in
comparison to the a 25 keyboard and here's the size in comparison with the
Akai MPK mini at 130 dollars this is the cheapest keyboard that Native
Instruments makes the build quality is excellent for the price it feels like it
would hold up to travel really well the knobs and buttons kind of feel like the
a25 the keys are smaller than the a 25 of course but how do they feel
actually feel pretty good if you look at it again in comparison with the Akai MPK
mini the keys look a little narrower on the m32 but they actually feel
higher-quality they have a really nice touch to them recently I reviewed a
bunch of 25 key keyboards and I can already feel that having the 32 keys
seems to be making a difference it feels like I have a better range to spread out
my fingers I really like this the 32 Keys really does make a difference now
what about these touch strips on the a 25 you've got those nice pitch and
modulation wheels which feel really really good on the M 32 to save some
space and wait you've got touch strips instead but how do they feel
they feel pretty good but I do miss the wheels but you can't get everything in
such a small form-factor now on the a-series keyboards i complained about
the loud clicky sound of the buttons but how do they sound on the m30 - about the
same now the m30 - like other keyboards by
Native Instruments gives you excellent control of Native Instruments software
instruments through its complete control software it's super easy to find and
load sounds using this encoder knob and once you load them you can modify them
with these eight knobs up here in addition you have some dog controls on
the side here so these are gonna help you when you are creating songs in your
audio production software so you've got things like play record and stop loop
metronome and tempo and some additional buttons to help you with complete
control with selecting scales or playing with chords you also have preset buttons
up in here which I really like when selecting sounds you have buttons that
help you navigate through screens here you have an octave shifter octave up and
down here and on the right side you have your encoder knob and buttons to select
browser plugin or track modes the m32 will control logic GarageBand and
Ableton which I use Cubase and Nuendo integration is coming soon if you're a
beginner the complete control software has some really nice smart play features
to kind of cheat on scales and chords they're easily accessible from the
buttons on the m30 - so right now I've loaded up a chord set and I can play
complete chord progressions with just one finger
beautiful complete control uses the nks standard and that means you have easy
access and control of instruments by other companies like our Toria applied
acoustics heavy ASSA t output in so many others so I'll get so far but there's
one thing that's missing when comparing the m32 to other keyboards in this price
range I'll get to that soon but first here's the one thing that makes the m32
a real winner the included software you get more than 6100 sounds and 10
gigabytes of content it comes with a new complete start and complete control
which give you access to mm sounds complete start is free for anyone but
there's more - excellent since including monarch
and reactor prism it also comes with scarbee mark 1 which is an electric
piano instrument and machine essentials which includes the machine of software
and kits to start making beats and it also comes with Ableton Live 10 light so
this is everything you need to make some serious music in my opinion the only
other keyboard in this price range that rivals the quality of software included
is the arturia mini lab mark 2 before we get to what's missing if you liked this
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channel as well as other great tips on music production and music gear so
what's missing from the m30 2 drum pads many other $100 keyboards include drum
pads the Akai MPK mini is a good example of an excellent drum pad integration
however Native Instruments chooses to keep their keyboards and drum machines
separate is this a deal-breaker no way if you need a portable keyboard
and you own or want to own Native Instruments plugins this is a fantastic
choice so should you pay the extra $30 and get
the 825 keyboard I mean you get better keys for sure but only 25 of them BD 25
also comes with one additional instrument the gentlemen which is a nice
piano instrument but with the a 25 you sacrifice portability honestly if you're
ready to go for the a series by Native Instruments I suggest you get the 49 key
version at least it's only 210 dollars if you liked this video hit the like
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guys later